The subject isn't always a help to the photographer, it's like handcuffs.

I think photography was inside me. Once I found it, it became stronger than me and I took refuge in it.

The subject isn't always a help to the photographer, it's like handcuffs.

It is necessary to like loneliness to be photographer

I don't regret the numerous pictures of Brigitte Bardot, but I'd rather have a good photograph of my father.

I like to be on my own when I look at my contact sheets, because I'm often disappointed... But as years go by we become proud of our old contact sheets. They are a tool that allows us to fight against time.

I'm coming from journalism, but at the same time I'm tempted by poetry, politics, and maybe the idea of being a witness, a belief that you can still change things with the image.